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LEVI HARRIS, F K'ALAMAIZOO, MICHIGAN, ,ASSIGNOR OF. TWO-THIRDS TO OSCARM. ALLEN, sn, AND HORACE B. PEOK, on SAME PLACE.

RAILWAY-CROSSING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 521,881 dated June 26,1894.

Application filed December 11, 1893. Serial No. 493,403. (No model.) I

' of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo,

county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have lnvented a new and usefulRailway-Crossing 4 Gate, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of crossing-gates for railwayswhichare swung upward in the air on a base fulcrum.

The object of the invention is to employ one of the gates on each sideof the track at one side of the street, said gates reaching aerossthestreet, and to operate said gates by means of weighted levers andconnecting means between the gates, by applying power to one of thegates.

Other objects will appear in the following detailed description andclaims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a sideelevation showing .the street in'cross-section; Fig. 2 a plan of Fig. 1;Fig. 3 details enlarged from Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 shows a perspective ofenlarged details from Fig. 2.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, A shows thegate-barsfulcrumed at the lower end at B, to the posts 0, which postsare at the sides of the track E, and at one side of the street, andbetween the latter and the side-walk. The gate-bars are of a lengthto'reach across the street from the outside of the side-walk on one sideof said street (left side in Fig. 1.) to'the inner side of the sidewalkon the other side of the street. By employing such long gate-bars I onlyneed two at one side of the street, one on each side of the track E,Fig.2. I am enabled to use gates of this unusual length by attaching thelifting means well toward the upper-or free end of the gate-bars A,which means consist of weighted-levers D, having sliding connections F,with the gate-bars A, at a point well toward the upper or outer end,Figs. 1 and 3. These weighted-levers D, are above the gatebars A, andparallel therewith, and are fulcrumed at G to the posts 0, the lowerends of said weighted-levers extending from the fulcrumsG, over theside-walk at this side, Figs. 1 and 2,.and provided with a weight atsaid ends. The design is to so proportion the gatebars, levers, andweights in relation to the fulcruins G, and points of attachment, thatthe gates will be balanced or nearly so on theirfulcrums, by which meansbut little power is needed to swing the gates up to their dottedposition in Fig. 1, to open the gates, or to swing them down to closethem.

Swinging rests I, are pivotally attached to the gate-bars A, Fig. 1, tohold them at a horizontal position above the street.

Power to operate the gates is applied to the crank J, attached to thelower end of one of the gates, Fig. 2, or any suitable connections maybe made with the gate and a watch-house or station, to operate the gatesfrom a distance.

Connection is made betweenthe gates bya revoluble rod L transverse tothe track E, and having suitable bearings beneath the track,

each end of said rod being turned at right angles and attached to thegate-bars by a sliding connection S, Figs. 2 and 4. By this means theends P, of the revoluble rod L, will'swing up or down when power isapplied to one of the gates at- J, and both of the gates will beoperated in unison.

At T, Fig. 1, is shown a loop attached to the weighted levers D, overone of the walks,

and projecting downward toward said walk,

to guard the same when the gates are closed or in their down position.Flez'zible hangers not here shown, or any other suitable means may beemployed for this purpose, and may be attached to the end of the gatesover the other walk if desired.

It will be observed that the gate-bars A,

and weighted-levers, D, as here shown, are

made of two strips separated and attached together by studs in the formof a truss, but while this is deemed desirable it may be considered amatter of choice.

The sliding-connections S, F, in Figs. 3 and 4, as here shown consist ofrods running through loops in a loose manner, but it is also a matter ofchoice how the connections are made, so long as the parts are permittedto play freely as indicated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A railway crossing gate, comprising posts one at each side of thetrack at one side of the street, gate-bars, one being fulcrumed at thelower end to one of the posts, and another to the other post,weighted-levers above and parallel with the gate-bars, one of saidlevers being fulcrnmcd at a point above the lower end to one of saidposts and the other to the other post, the lower ends of said leversbeing provided with weights beyond the f ulcrum, the upper end of saidweighted-levers forming a sliding connection with the gatebars, and arevolnble rod transverse to and beneath the track, the ends of saidrevolnble rod being turned at right angles and forming slidingconnections with the gate-bars, substantially as set forth.

2. A railway crossing gate, comprising gatebars fulcrumed at the lowerends, levers weighted at the lower ends and fnlcrumed at a point abovesaid ends, the upper ends of said weighted-levers forming a sliding con-20 nection with the gate-bars, and a revoluble connecting rod rightangled at the ends and forming a sliding connection with the gatebars,substantially as set forth.

3. A railway crossing gate, comprising a post at the side of the street,a gate-bar fulcrumed at one end to said post, the other end extendingacross the street and side walk at the other side, and a lever fulcrumedabove its lower end to said post, said lower end of the lever being of alength to extend across the side walk at this side of the street, andbearing a weight, and the other end of said weighted-lever forming asliding connection with the gate-bar, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in thepresence of two witnesses.

LEVI HARRIS.

Witnesses:

O. M. ALLEN, HORACE B. PECK.

